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HARRISBURG – In a ruling which could have far-reaching repercussions for tort cases statewide, a panel of judges from the Superior Court of Pennsylvania recently ruled that the Fair Share Act applies to possibly reduce exposure to joint and several liability, only when a plaintiff contributes to their own injuries.
On March 18, Superior Court judges Jack A. Panella, Maria McLaughlin and Daniel D. McCaffery handed down the key
ruling in the case of
Spencer v. Johnson Et.Al. Panella authored the Court’s ruling in this matter.
In
Spencer v. Johnson Et.Al, a vehicle struck plaintiff Keith Spencer while he was legally crossing the street as a pedestrian in Philadelphia, on Oct. 16, 2014. When the accident occurred, the driver, Cleveland Johnson, was behind the wheel of his wife’s car, a company vehicle which her employer, the Philadelphia Joint Board Workers United SEIU, had provided for her use. Spencer suffered permanent injurie